Guard for bubbling drinking-fountains.



S. G. KEITH, JE- & B. GATE. GUARD FOB BUBBEING DRINKING FOUNTAINS. APPLIGATION FILED 1120.22, 1910.

1 1 1 1 ,540, Patented Sept; 22, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. 0. C4

To all whom it may concern UNTTED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

SIMEON C. KEITH, JR, 015 NEWTON, AND ELEAZAR GATE, BELMONT, MASSACHU- SETTS; SAID GATE ASSIGNOR T0 L. E. KNOTT APPARATUS COMPANY, OF BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

GUARD FOR BUBBLIN G DRINKING-FOUNTAINS. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. se aee, 1914..

Application filed December 22, 1910. 'Seria1No.-598,841.

Be it known that we, SIMEoN C. KEITH,

,Jr., and ELEAZAR GATE, of Newton and Belmont, respectively, in the county of MiddleseX and State of ltlassachusetts, have in vented certain newand useful Improvements in Guards for Bubbling Drinking- Fountains, of which the following is a spec1- fication. u i

. The object of the present invention is to provide an improved guard for bubbling drinking fountains. acter now in useare annular, and are arranged above the nozzle of the fountain in a position to be engaged by the nose and chin of a person drinking. For sanitary reasons, a guard for this purpose should not be engaged by the nose, because if anything isdeposited on the guard by the nose of one person it will be communicated to some other persondrinking afterward.

The essential feature of the present invention is the formation of the guard, by virtue of Which it leaves a clear, unobstructed space for the nose ofa person drinking and at thesame time is adapted to be engaged by. the chin and to thereby prevent the persons mouth from approaching too closely to the nozzle.

Theinvention embodies means by which the guard may be attached to the nozzle, said meansadapting the guard to adjustment both longitudinally of thenozzle and circumferentially around the nozzle, so that it may be placed in any desiredposition.

Of the accompanying drawings which illustrate one form in which the invention may be embodied: Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a nozzle with the guard attached. Fig. 2 represents aside elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation.

a The same reference characters .indicate the same arts wherever they occur.

The bu bling fountain for which this form of guard is especially adapted comprises a cylindric. nozzle 10 to which the water is conducted by a pipe 11. The outlet of the nozzle is indicated at 12.

The guard is indicated at 13 and is supported by an arm 14, which in turn is supported by a nozzle-engaging member 15. The member 15 is formed to surround the Guards of this charnozzle 10 and to be tightly engaged with the nozzle so as to be secured in various positions. The means illustrated for fastening the member 15 comprises a screw 16 con necting the two ends of the member 15 which are separated by a gap 17. The member 15 is therefore a split ring which may be contracted by the screw 16 so as to clamp the nozzle 10. By virtue of this construction the guard may be adjusted to Various positions more or less distant with relation to the outlet, and may beotherwise adjusted circumferentially with relation to the nozzle.

It should be understood that the nozzleengaging member may be varied in shape for nozzles of other than cylindric form, and thefastening means may likewise be variedto afford the aforesaid modes of adjustment of the guard without departing from the spirit of the invention. a By reference to Fig. 1, it will be 'seen that the guard is essentially U-shaped and that the ends 13' are separated sufliciently to leave a clear, unobstructed space so that there is no structure which might be engaged by the nose of a person standing at the position indicated by the arrow and facing in the direction indicated when the mouth of such person is in position for drinking at the fountain. The front portion of the guard may be engaged by the chin of the person drinking, this being sufficient to keep the persons mouth from ap- Itis not necessary, however, that the guard 13 be U-shaped in order to be engaged by the chin and to leave an unobstructed space for the nose of the person drinking, the

rearwardly turned ends 13 being unnecessary for this purpose but desirable for the purpose of guarding the nozzle against abuse.

We claim: a

1. The combination with the nozzle of a bubblingv drinking fountain, of a segmental guard-therefor supported above the mouth of the nozzle so as to partly encircle the bubble issuingfrom the nozzle, the extremities of said guard being substantially diametrically opposite each other with reference to said bubble, said guard having a clamping portion arranged to clamp the peripheral surface of said nozzle to hold said guard in various angular positions and gage the cheeks, near the, corners of the at various levels. i 1nouth,of a person drinking.

2. An attachment for the nozzle of a In testimony whereof We have affixed our blubbling drinkingdfoungain, onsistinlg of a signatures, in presence of two Witnesses.

5 c amping device a apte to irictiona ly en- I 1 .7

gage the periphery ofvsaid nozzle to support 7 the device in various positions relatively to said nozzle, a post extending upwardly Witnesses from said clamping device, and tWo arms W. P. ABELL,

10 extending from said post in position to en- PETER W. PEZZETTI.

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